sks init script bug in ubuntu 12.04

[rohan dighe]

Hi Thomas,

Thanks for sending me the link for setup of the sks,and yes i did run the
sks build command on the server while configuring sks server.But still
getting the error.

I followed the below link on how to setup the sks server.

http://www.rainydayz.org/content/installing-opensks-keyserver




On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Thomas Ward <teward at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Rohan,
>
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 10:04 AM, rohan dighe <rohandighe18 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Team,
> >
> > Thanks for the immediate response I really appreciate your efforts on
> providing me the solution for sks server.
> >
> > Here are the steps I am following to setup the sks server on ubuntu 12.04
> >
> > # aptitude install sks
> >
> > Set database permissions on the database used by sks to store keys
> >
> > # chown -Rc debian-sks:debian-sks /var/lib/sks/DB
> >
> > To start the server automatically, set initstart=yes in /etc/default/sks
> >
> > # Here I start the sks service
> >
> > # /etc/init.d/sks start
> > Stopping sks daemons: sksrecon..start-stop-daemon: warning: failed to
> kill 31643: No such process
> > sksdb..start-stop-daemon: warning: failed to kill 31640: No such process
> > done.
> >
> > Starting sks daemons: sksdb.. sksrecon.. done.
> >
> > Then I configure webinterface for sks
> >
> > I install the sks winzip from internet
> >
> > Then I created a www directory in /var/lib/sks
> >
> > unzip the sks in /var/lib/sks/www folder
> >
> > After that 2 files gets downloaded in /var/lib/sks/www folder.
> >
> > 1) index.html
> >
> > 2) keys.jpg
> >
> > I Edit index.html and change the three references to your.site.name(currently at lines 20, 36 & 62) to the url of your keyserver) ( In my case
> its my server ip )
> >
> > Then I change the permission on the files
> >
> > # chown -R debian-sks:debian-sks /var/lib/sks/www
> >
> > After that when I tried to browse http://myserverip:11371 its not
> working.
> >
> > I also tried to get the pid of the sks but the pid is not running on the
> server below is the given output.
> >
> > # ps -aufx | grep sks
> > Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See
> http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
> > root 31950 0.0 0.0 9384 900 pts/1 S+ 19:26 0:00 \_ grep --color=auto sks
> >
> > Here I cant see the 2 process running for sks one for the DB, one for
> recon.
> >
> > The ps output shows here that sks pid is not running ,It will be helpful
> if you let me know where exact the problem lies in sks.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rohan
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:48 AM, Thomas Ward <teward at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Rohan,
> >>
> >> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Thomas Ward <teward at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I took a look at that bug, the bug went inactive because it had no
> activity or updates when the bug was marked "Incomplete".  Since the
> original poster and nobody else provided any additional information the bug
> auto expired.
> >>>
> >>> I can try confirming this bug, however if I remember when I was
> configuring sks back in the days of 11.04 and 11.10, you had to configure
> it before you could actually start or restart the sks process.
> >>>
> >>> I'll take a look and see if I can reproduce, but there's probably logs
> somewhere for sks explaining why it didn't start or such.
> >>>
> >>> I'll check back with this in a little bit after I've done some testing.
> >>>
> >>> ------
> >>> Thomas
> >>> Ubuntu Member
> >>> Bug Squad Member
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:56 AM, rohan dighe <rohandighe18 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Team,
> >>>>
> >>>> I am working on setting up a gpg key server on ubuntu server,but
> facing some issue as the init script of sks has some bug.when I set up the
> gpg key server and starts sks service
> >>>>
> >>>> I get the below output on command prompt its shows service running
> but its actually not running and also I cant get the pid process of sks
> service showing running.
> >>>>
> >>>> root at tripwiretest: sks]# /etc/init.d/sks start
> >>>> Starting sks daemons: sksdb.. sksrecon.. done.
> >>>>
> >>>> The ubuntu showing the bug on this link.
> >>>>
> >>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sks/+bug/820354
> >>>>
> >>>> I also followed the solution given on the link but with no success.
> >>>>
> >>>> As the sks comes from the ubuntu 12.04 repository do we have any
> permanent fix for the init script of sks.
> >>>>
> >>>> Please help me regarding the init script of sks.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Rohan
> >>>>
> >>>> --
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> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> Using a properly configured 'sks' instance, I am unable to reproduce
> this bug, and using the init.d script correctly launches the two sks
> processes, one for the DB, one for recon.
> >>
> >> Also, the package 'sks' does not by default set up the key database or
> other items just by installing.  Did you actually configure 'sks' first
> before attempting to run it with the init script?
> >>
> >> ------
> >> Thomas
> >>
> >
>
> Typically, when I configured sks on several systems, I always had to
> do this step to get the key db built after installing, then afterwards
> I chown'd /var/lib/sks/DB:  sudo sks build
>
> Did you run the build command for sks before attempting to launch sks?
>  If you did that and are still getting this error, then perhaps we
> should purge sks from your system and start anew?  This link here [1]
> was able to help me get a brand new sks instance set up correctly
> without incident, though, and it correctly runs the sks process and
> builds the key database so it works.
>
> [1]
> https://kura.io/2011/12/17/running-your-own-pgp-keyserver-with-sks-on-debian-6ubuntu-10-04/
>
> ------
> Thomas
>
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